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By Adam Farley, Editorial AssistantSeptember 27, 2013

Open Call for Letters:New 1916 Project Is Crowd-Sourcing for History

By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
September 27, 2013

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Students at Trinity College Dublin’s M.Phil. in Digital Humanities and Culture want your Irish letters, as long as they were written between November 1, 1915 and October 31, 1916. In Ireland’s first crowd-sourced letters project, researchers at TCD are aiming to shed light on what the average citizenry was up to in the six months before and after the 1916 Easter Rising. The … [Read more...] about Open Call for Letters:New 1916 Project Is Crowd-Sourcing for History

All Around Ireland

By Michelle Meagher, Editorial Assistant
September 26, 2013
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Michelle Meagher's photographs of her first trip to Ireland. Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow. This panoramic view of the Wicklow Mountains and Lake is my favorite of all the pictures I captured on my very first trip to Ireland over the summer. My boyfriend, Brendan, who acted as my tour guide, pulled over on an almost nonexistent shoulder so I could take a few photographs … [Read more...] about All Around Ireland

Jim O’Donnell’sKeynote Address at the 2013 Wall Street 50 Dinner

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On September 12, 2013, Irish America magazine celebrated the 16th Annual Wall Street 50 awards. The Wall Street 50 honors the best and brightest Irish-American leaders in finance, celebrated in the October/November 2013 issue of Irish America. At this year’s awards dinner, Irish America was delighted to welcome Jim O’Donnell, Managing Director and Global Head of … [Read more...] about Jim O’Donnell’sKeynote Address at the 2013 Wall Street 50 Dinner

Irish at the Emmys

By Adam Farley, Editorial Assistant
September 23, 2013

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Last night the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at Los Angeles’s Nokia Theater. Though they were hosted by Irish American Neil Patrick Harris, that’s almost all the stage time descendants of Erin got for the three-hour ceremony. The other biggest presence on stage was The Colbert Report, which finally beat out the perennial favorite The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to … [Read more...] about Irish at the Emmys